Shell integration typically involves 50 to 60 individual bones fusing into a permanent structural cage. The carapace creates a mechanical constraint that prevents the chest from expanding during ...

The evolutionary riddle of the turtle shell is one step closer to being solved thanks to groundbreaking research published this week in Science. A team of Japanese scientists has uncovered anatomical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or ...

How turtles evolved their unique body shape has baffled scientists for years. They are unusual, even among other armoured animals such as the armadillo, in that their shell has changed very little ...

Turtles belong to the most unique group of vertebrates, credit goes to their famous shells. While most people think of the shell as a shelter in the first place, it contains a lot of secrets related ...